Studio Gang

Studio Gang
Richard Gilder Center
Practice information
Key architectsJeanne Gang
Founded1997 (1997)
LocationChicago, Illinois • New York, New York • San Francisco, California • Paris, France
Significant works and honors
Projects
Website
studiogang.com

Studio Gang is an American architecture and urban design practice with offices in Chicago, New York, San Francisco, and Paris. Founded and led by architect Jeanne Gang, the Studio is known for its material research and experimentation, collaboration across a wide range of disciplines, and focus on sustainability. The firm's works range in scale and typology from the 82-story mixed-use Aqua Tower to the 10,000-square-foot (930 m2) Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership at Kalamazoo College to the 14-acre (5.7 ha) Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo. Studio Gang has won numerous awards for design excellence, including the 2016 Architizer A+ Firm of the Year Award and the 2013 National Design Award for Architecture from the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, as well as various awards from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and AIA Chicago.

Background

The firm was founded by Jeanne Gang in 1997.

One of the Studio's first built works, the Bengt Sjostrom Starlight Theatre, was completed in 2003, and won praise from critics; the Chinese American Service League Kam Liu Center, finished the following year, garnered the firm additional accolades. Aqua Tower and the Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo, both completed in 2010, significantly increased the Studio's global profile, winning acclaim from architecture critics.

The Studio has played a significant role in reshaping urban landscapes with a focus on ecological restoration and environmental stewardship. Projects include the revitalization of Tom Lee Park in Memphis that reconnects people to the long-neglected riverfront; two boathouses on the Chicago River that opened up access to the river's edge; and the transformation of a former Chicago airfield, Northerly Island, into a public lakefront park and biodiverse habitat.

In 2023, the Studio completed several major cultural and educational projects, including the reimagination of the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, an adaptive reuse project, which was praised as a "new architectural landmark"; and the Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at The American Museum of Natural History in New York, described by the New York Times as "a poetic, joyful, theatrical work of public architecture and a highly sophisticated flight of sculptural fantasy".

The Studio employs more than 140 people as of December 2023.

Notable works

Central atrium of the Richard Gilder Center

Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation

The $465 million Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History opened in May 2023. The 230,000-square-foot (21,000 m2) addition includes six floors above ground, and one below. The Richard Gilder Center welcomes visitors with a new, accessible entrance on Columbus Avenue that connects to central five-story atrium and creates more than 30 connections to the existing museum. The atrium's architecture is informed by natural form-making processes such as the movement of wind and water that shape geological landscapes. To achieve the continuous visual form, the atrium is constructed with shotcrete. The curvilinear façade contrasts with the earlier High Victorian Gothic, Richardson Romanesque and Beaux Arts structures, but its Milford Pink granite cladding is the same stone used on the Museum's west side.

The St. Regis Chicago, designed by Studio Gang.

St. Regis Chicago

The St. Regis Chicago, formerly Wanda Vista Tower, is a 101-story, 1,198 ft (365 m) supertall skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. Construction started in August 2016, and was completed in 2020. Upon completion it became the city's third-tallest building, surpassing the Aon Center. It is the tallest structure in the world designed by a woman, and forms a part of the Lakeshore East development and overlooks the Chicago River near Lake Michigan. The building comprises three interconnected volumes of different heights. Truncated pyramids called "frustums" are stacked in an alternating sequence, right-side-up and upside-down, lending the design its flowing rhythm. The towers have 6 different shades of glass. Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin praised the tower as "a stirring work of skyline artistry...as if the waters of Lake Michigan had burst upward and transformed themselves into fluid, undulating tiers of glass." The tower has a notably smaller footprint than other supertalls in Chicago with a building height-to-core aspect ratio of 40-to-1.

The exterior of Studio Gang's addition to the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, featuring the second floor Cultural Living Room.

Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts

The redevelopment of the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (AMFA) involved a comprehensive transformation of the existing building and grounds, resulting in a 133,000-square-foot (12,400 m2) facility. Studio Gang's design reused and restored as many of the existing structures as possible, which spanned multiple eras and architectural styles dating back to 1937. The Studio's design introduced a distinctive central addition that unites the entire complex, and "blossoms" out at the north and south ends to create new entrances and social spaces for the community. The design provides a renewed identity for AMFA, while also establishing visual and physical connections to the surrounding park and the neighborhoods beyond.

Selected projects

Education and research

Project Location Status Year
The University of Chicago John W. Boyer Center in Paris France Paris, France Completed 2024
Kresge College Residential Buildings United States Santa Cruz, CA Completed 2023
Kresge College Academic Center United States Santa Cruz, CA Completed 2023
Beloit College Powerhouse United States Beloit, WI Completed 2020
University of Chicago Campus North Residential Commons United States Chicago, IL Completed 2016
Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership at Kalamazoo College United States Kalamazoo, MI Completed 2014
Columbia College Chicago Media Production Center United States Chicago, IL Completed 2010
One Milestone West United States Boston, MA Under Construction 2023
David Rubenstein Treehouse United States Boston, MA Under Construction 2023
Spelman College Center for Innovation & the Arts United States Atlanta, GA Completed 2025
California College of the Arts Campus Expansion United States San Francisco, CA Completed 2024

Nature, culture, and community

Project Location Status Year
Rescue Company 2 (New York City Fire Department) United States New York, NY Completed 2019
Northerly Island United States Chicago, IL Ongoing 2017
Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History United States New York, NY Completed 2023
Civic Commons United States United States Completed 2016
Eleanor Boathouse at Park 571 United States Chicago, IL Completed 2016
National Aquarium Strategic Master Plan United States Baltimore, MD Design concept completed 2016
Writers Theatre United States Glencoe, IL Completed 2016
PAHC Studio United States Chicago, IL Completed 2014
WMS Boathouse at Clark Park United States Chicago, IL Completed 2013
The Conservation Center United States Chicago, IL Completed 2012
Kaohsiung Maritime Cultural and Pop Music Center Taiwan Kaohsiung Competition design completed 2011
Blue Wall Center United States Greenville, SC Design concept completed 2010
Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo United States Chicago, IL Completed 2010
Taipei Pop Music Center Taiwan Taipei Competition design completed 2010
Ford Calumet Environmental Center United States Calumet City, IL Design concept completed 2008
SOS Children's Villages Lavezzorio Community Center United States Chicago, IL Completed 2008
HafenCity Chicago Square Germany Hamburg Design concept completed 2006
Chinese American Service League Kam Liu Center United States Chicago, IL Completed 2004
Bengt Sjostrom Starlight Theatre at Rock Valley College United States Rockford, IL Completed 2003
Tom Lee Park United States Memphis, TN Completed 2023
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts United States Little Rock, AR Completed 2023
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival United States Garrison, NY In design 2023

Towers

Project Location Status Year
One Delisle Canada Toronto, ON Under Construction 2026
St. Regis Chicago United States Chicago, IL Completed 2022
11 Hoyt United States New York, NY Completed 2021
One Hundred United States St. Louis, MO Completed 2020
Solar Carve (40 Tenth Avenue) United States New York, NY Completed 2019
Solstice on the Park United States Chicago, IL Completed 2018
MIRA United States San Francisco, CA Completed 2017
City Hyde Park United States Chicago, IL Completed 2016
Shoreland United States Chicago, IL Completed 2014
Recombinant House (Garden in the Machine) United States Cicero, IL Design concept completed 2012
Aqua Tower United States Chicago, IL Completed 2010
Vancouver Pair Canada Vancouver, BC Design concept completed 2010
Hyderabad O2 India Hyderabad Design concept completed 2008
HafenCity Crane Tower Germany Hamburg Design concept completed 2006
Zhong Bang Village China Shanghai Competition design completed 2003
Q Residences Netherlands Amsterdam Completed 2022

Exhibitions

Project Location Status Year
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts United States Little Rock, AR Completed 2023
Dimensions of Discovery: Environments for Learning France Paris, France Completed 2023
Studio Gang Mock-Ups United States Chicago, IL Completed 2022
Good News: Women in Architecture Italy Rome, Italy Completed 2021
A Different Future in the Making United States Chicago, IL Completed 2020
Baleinopolis: The Secret Societies of Cetaceans France Paris, France Completed 2019
Stage Buoys United States Chicago, IL Completed 2017
Hive United States Washington, D.C. Completed 2017
Working in America United States Chicago, IL Completed 2016
Thinning Ice at Design Miami United States Miami, FL Completed 2014
Changes of Phase for Thodos Dance Chicago United States Chicago, IL Completed 2014
EXPO Chicago United States Chicago, IL Completed 2012 –2014
Building: Inside Studio Gang Architects at the Art Institute of Chicago United States Chicago, IL Completed 2012 –2013
Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream at the Museum of Modern Art United States New York, NY Completed 2012
Baseball in the City at the Art Institute of Chicago United States Chicago, IL Completed 2004
Marble Curtain at the National Building Museum United States Washington, D.C. Completed 2003

Planning

Project Location Status Year
Enterprise Research Campus Plan United States Boston, MA Completed 2022
Kresge College Expansion at the University of California, Santa Cruz United States Santa Cruz, CA Completed 2019
Neighborhood Activation to Increase Public Safety through Community-Empowered Design and Planning United States Chicago, IL Completed 2021
River Edge Ideas Lab United States Chicago, IL Completed 2017
Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice Neighborhood Activation Study United States New York, NY Completed 2018
Memphis Riverfront Concept United States Memphis, TN Completed 2017
Neighborhood Schools Reuse Concept United States Memphis, TN Completed 2018
Port District Planning Study United States Milwaukee, WI Completed 2015
Civic Commons Philadelphia United States Philadelphia, PA Completed 2016

Selected awards

References

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